Background
Subramaniya Iyer was born in Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
Subramaniya Iyer was born in Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions. Subramaniya Iyer spent a long time in Chennapatnam (Chennai).
This gave Subramaniya Iyer the prefix to his name.
Two of his famous compositions are Raghu Vamsha Sudha in raga Kadhana Kuthuhalam and Evari Bodhanna in raga Abhogi. He is known to have used his guru"s mudra (signature) Venkatesa or variations of the same, in his compositions in Telugu and Sanskrit.
The Mysore king Chamaraja Wodeyar gave him a pair of golden bracelets on two occasions, after singing performances in court. Varnams
Krithis.